{"id":5654,"date":"2017-10-19T20:38:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T20:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/51.79.45.41\/?p=5654"},"modified":"2017-10-19T20:38:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T20:38:15","slug":"crispy-coconut-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deliciousfoodhomemade.com\/crispy-coconut-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"Crispy Coconut Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Vegetable oil for frying<\/div>\n<div>1\/2 cup cornstarch<\/div>\n<div>1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/div>\n<div>1\/8 teaspoon pepper<\/div>\n<div>1 tsp cayenne pepper {optional}<\/div>\n<div>3 large eggs, lightly beaten<\/div>\n<div>3 \u2013 4 cups of sweetened coconut flakes (Baker\u2019s Coconut)<\/div>\n<div>3 \u2013 4 medium boneless, skinless, chicken breasts, cut into strips or nuggets.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">In a medium pot, add 2 \u2013 3 Inches of oil. Turn burner to medium and allow oil to get nice and hot. The perfect temperature should be 365*F<\/div>\n<div>In a bowl mix cornstarch, salt, pepper &amp; cayenne pepper. Set aside.<\/div>\n<div>In a second bowl, add 3 eggs and lightly beat.<\/div>\n<div>In a third bowl add coconut flakes.<\/div>\n<div>Take chicken and douse in cornstarch mixture. Then dip into eggs and cover well. Then dip in coconut and set aside on a plate. Do this to all chicken.<\/div>\n<div>Once chicken is ready, check oil. Place the end of a wooden spoon in the oil. If bubbles form around the spoon the oil is ready. If bubbles do not form around the spoon then the oil is not hot enough.<\/div>\n<div>Once oil is hot enough, GENTLY add chicken one piece at a time to oil, ensuring chicken does not touch and stick together upon initial contact into oil.<\/div>\n<div>Cook chicken for approximately 4 minutes then flip and allow the other side to cook. Cook second side for an additional approximate 4 minutes.<\/div>\n<div>Gently remove golden chicken and set on a paper towel lined plate. Cook chicken in batches if all does not fit into pan.<\/div>\n<div>Once all chicken is cooked, serve with your favorite sauce.<\/div>\n<div>We enjoyed this plain, with honey, with an orange sauce and with sweet &amp; sour sauce. Choose your favorite dipping sauce and enjoy!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients Vegetable oil for frying 1\/2 cup cornstarch 1\/4 teaspoon salt 1\/8 teaspoon pepper 1 tsp cayenne pepper {optional} 3 large eggs, lightly beaten 3 \u2013 4 cups of sweetened coconut flakes (Baker\u2019s Coconut) 3 \u2013 4 medium boneless, skinless, chicken breasts, cut into strips or nuggets. Instructions In a medium pot, add 2 \u2013 [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/deliciousfoodhomemade.com\/crispy-coconut-chicken\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deliciousfoodhomemade.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deliciousfoodhomemade.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deliciousfoodhomemade.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deliciousfoodhomemade.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deliciousfoodhomemade.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deliciousfoodhomemade.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5656,"href":"https:\/\/deliciousfoodhomemade.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5654\/revisions\/5656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deliciousfoodhomemade.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deliciousfoodhomemade.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deliciousfoodhomemade.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deliciousfoodhomemade.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}